Category Archives: Kalamazoo News
Portage mayor concerned about decriminalization of marijuana in city
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The mayor of Portage is having trouble supporting an initiative that would decriminalize the possession of an ounce or less of marijuana within the city. While on WKZO-AM o...
Oct 27, 2015
Man arrested after wrestling with Marshall officer over shotgun
MARSHALL (WKZO-AM) — A man has been arrested after he allegedly tried to take a shotgun away from a police officer in Marshall. It happened late Saturday after officers were dispatched to the Wa...
Oct 27, 2015
Man who helped consolidate Calhoun County's 911 center chosen for same job in Kalamazoo County
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — The Kalamazoo County Dispatch Board has picked a local candidate to help them put together a 911 dispatch center. They voted to open negotiations with Jeff Troyer, who is c...
Oct 27, 2015
Marshall High School evacuated after reported chlorine leak
MARSHALL (WKZO-AM) — A maintenance worker and a student were hospitalized after pool-cleaning chemicals were left near the ventilation system at Marshall High School. Dispatchers received calls ...
Oct 27, 2015
Trustees begin work on Kalamazoo Township Budget
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — They concede it still needs some tweaking, but Kalamazoo Township trustees have begun discussing their 2016 budget, taking their first look at the numbers at Monday night's...
Oct 27, 2015
MSP: Speed a possible factor in deadly Calhoun County wreck
NEWTON TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM) — Michigan State Police say speed may have caused a fatal crash in Calhoun County over the weekend. 23-year-old Corrine Gothberg of Ceresco was pronounced dead at the s...
Oct 27, 2015
KPS: Two people on the lam after their meth lab causes a house fire
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) — Officers with Kalamazoo Public Safety are looking for two people who fled a house fire that was triggered by the explosion of a methamphetamine lab. The device let loose in...
Oct 27, 2015
Man dead after Monday wreck near Galesburg
GALESBURG (WKZO-AM) — A 71-year-old Galesburg man is dead after his car went off M-96 and struck a tree near his hometown. Investigators believe the man blew through a stop sign before 7 p.m. Mo...
Oct 27, 2015
Sheriff's deputies looking for man who exposed himself to woman, child in Bloomingdale
BLOOMINGDALE (WKZO-AM) — Van Buren County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man who approached a 12-year-old girl and her mother while naked at North Chestnut and East Kalamazoo streets...
Oct 27, 2015
Man shot while stepping out of a kayak in Barry County
BARRY COUNTY (WKZO-AM) — Michigan State Police say a man is hospitalized after suffering a severe self-inflicted gunshot wound to his left arm while stepping out of a kayak. Police in Barry Coun...
Oct 27, 2015
